Sports

Today, we are blog-casting (I just made that up) from the track surrounding the Michigan City High School Gymnasium. The state’s #8 Valpo Vikings are playing EMHS is the first round of the Michigan City Regional. The crowd is pretty divided into red and …

Horse Collar Tackles Now Illegal From the AP: INDIANAPOLIS — The horse-collar tackle has been added to the list of illegal personal contact fouls in high school football. This addition to Rule 9-4-3 was one of 10 rules changes approved by the National …

New Rule Requires Organization’s Approval on All Shin Guards From the AP: INDIANAPOLIS | In an ongoing focus on risk minimization in high school soccer, an addition to the shinguard policy has been approved. A year after requiring shinguards to meet …

Decision Rules Softball and Baseball as “Not Comparable” Do you remember A League of their Own with Tom Hanks and Madonna? Welcome back. Recently, the Indiana High School Athletics Association ruled that girls are now allowed to try out for …

Samardzija has been told the Cubs have an open fifth starter spot The former Valpaaraiso Alum is looking to come into the Cubs’ spring training in shape and ready to start for the major league club and not their AAA affiliate in Iowa. He told the NWI …

Cubs Trade for Heilman, Bullpen Space Shrinks When the Cubs recently traded backup shortstop Ronny Cedeno and recently acquired minor league pitcher Garret Olson, one less pitching spot is available on the Cubs’ major league roster. With many of the Cubs’ …

This weekend is Super Bowl weekend, which means chips & dip, parties & gatherings, commercials & halftime shows, wings and… cold beverages. Oh yeah, there’s a game on, too. This year’s matchup is between the Pittsburgh Steelers of the AFC …

For the past week or so, I’ve gotten so tired of hearing about how angry people are with the Chicago Bears. “Oh, they suck! How could they choke that badly?” Everywhere I went, negativity was running rampant. But seriously, what were your …